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Thursday, 13 August 2026
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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Aurora
The Aurora Australis appears within the Earth's south magnetic pole.
The phenomenon can be observed in Tasmania, a mountainous island about 300 km south of the Australia ...
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Moon
Up to 14.000 square kilometers of the Moon's surface may remain in perpetual shadow.
Water is most likely to be present in these places.
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Graphene
Graphene was successfully isolated and characterized in 2004 by Andrei Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from the University of Manchester.
They isolated layers of graphene from graphite using ordinary adhesive tape. They placed a graphite ...
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Amber
A trade route between the North Sea, the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, was called an Amber Road.
It was established to transport amber between Northern and Southern Europe.
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Mushrooms
Fungi are a separate kingdom, more closely related to animals than to plants.
This is established on the basis of phyologenesis (origin), biochemistry and anatomy. Fungi are reco ...
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration agency was established on July 29th, 1958 by president Dwight Eisenhower.
It was a response to the launch of a Soviet artificial satellite Sputnik 1 in 1957.
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Milky Way
It is almost as old as our Universe.
Its age is estimated at 13.6 ± 0.8 billion years, so it may be only 100 million years younger than the Universe.
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Earth
The Earth has the only natural satellite - the Moon.
The moon is relatively large for a natural satellite. Its diameter is approximately ¼ the diameter of the Earth. It orbits the Earth at an average distance of 384.400 km.
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Snow
There are various snow events of varying duration and intensity, such as snow flurries, snow showers, snow squalls, blowing snow, and blizzards.
Snow flurries are minor snowfalls that cause light dusting or no snow accumulation.During snow showe ...
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Graphene
Polish science contributed to the discovery and revolutionization of graphene production methods.
The key date is 2011 when the Institute of Electronic Materials Technology together with the Faculty ...
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17 facts about Titan
17 facts about Titan
The largest of Saturn’s satellites
Titan is the only moon in the Solar System with such a dense atmosphere. It is the second largest moon in the Solar System after Ganymede (Jupiter III ...
18 facts about amber
18 facts about amber
Fossilized tree resin
Amber is one of the most interesting natural products. It looks like a gemstone, but it is a fossilized tree resin from ancient trees dating back mill ...
16 facts about liver
16 facts about liver
24/7 laboratory
The liver is one of the most essential human organs. It is extensively multitasking—it produces, filtrates, converts, and stores. It is thanks to the ...
29 facts about NASA
29 facts about NASA
For the Benefit of All
The Cold War, although a grim period in world history, brought an intense rivalry in a space race between the U.S., and the Soviet Union. As a result, ...
16 facts about Aurora
16 facts about Aurora
Northern light that has delighted people for centuries
Auroras can be different. Sometimes it is bright and dancing, shimmering with different colors, sometimes it appears still. It has always fascinated p ...
19 facts about Brain
19 facts about Brain
Organic supercomputer
The brain is one of the most important and most fascinating and complex organs in the human body. It is an incredibly plastic command center that over ...
16 facts about Phobos
16 facts about Phobos
The larger of two moons of Mars
We do not know the exact origin of this satellite. We know, however, that it is dangerously close to its planet and is in for a catastrophe. It is not ...
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